From the author of The Land, this poem is a much more personal and symbolic offering. Set against the backdrop of war, the seasons in the garden represent the seasons of life.

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About the Author:

Vita Sackville-West is known as much for her creation of the gardens at Sissinghurst Castle with her husband Harold Nicolson as for her numerous novels, which include The Edwardians and All Passion Spent, her collections of poetry and her gardening articles. A central figure in the Bloomsbury group of artists and writers, she was the model for Virginia Woolf's Orlando. She died in 1962.